New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) The government has collected Rs 10,463 crore in customs duty from imports of gold, silver and platinum between May 13 and August 2 following the increase in import duties on the precious metals, Parliament was...
Porbandar/Gandhinagar, Aug 10 (IANS) Gujarat’s lion conservation efforts are being positioned not merely as a drive to increase the Asiatic lion population but as a broader effort to protect the entire ecosystem, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel said on Monday as...
Shillong, Aug 10 (IANS) The Meghalaya Pradesh Congress Committee on Monday staged a peaceful protest march in Shillong against the proposed amendments to the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), alleging that the changes could have serious implications for churches, educational...
Bengaluru, Aug 10 (IANS) Several Kannada organisations have extended support to the call for a Karnataka bandh on August 13, protesting Tamil Nadu’s opposition to the Mekedatu drinking water project. Various Kannada organisations met in Mandya and decided to back...
Srinagar, Aug 10 (IANS) Locals in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Monday pooled money to arrange for transport of a non-local labourer after learning about his mother’s death in Jharkhand.Locals, all of them Muslims, collected money to arrange transport...
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) India’s overall Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR), for persons aged 15 years and above, rose to 54.6 per cent during April–June 2026, reflecting the increase in employment in the country, according to a statement issued...
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) The FIH Hockey Men’s and Women’s World Cup 2026 will feature a revamped competition structure, with the traditional quarterfinal stage scrapped and the top two teams from each of the two crossover pools advancing directly...
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development (Amendment) Bill 2026 -- passed by Parliament -- will strengthen the institutional framework, enhance regulatory flexibility and ease operational constraints for MSMEs, an industry chamber said on Monday.The...
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday said that the Opposition wants Parliament to discuss both the police action against NEET protesters and the controversy surrounding the theft of donations at the Ram Temple,...
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 10 (IANS) Faced with an unusually swift and effective protest by its own Motor Vehicles Department employees, the Kerala government has revoked the suspension of the two department officials who faced action for imposing a Rs 5,000 fine...
Jabalpur, Aug 10 (IANS) A massive Kanwar Yatra turned Jabalpur’s Ranjhi area into a sea of devotees on Monday, with Chief Minister Mohan Yadav joining the procession, showering flowers on Kanwariyas and walking alongside sadhus and pilgrims carrying Narmada water...
New Delhi, Aug 10 (IANS) The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Monday directed telecom operators to begin onboarding entities from select non-financial sectors onto the new 1601-series numbering framework for transactional and service voice calls extending a system...